Cost-effective solution

Systems can be managed remotely, which reduces the need for local security personnel, maintenance, operational and other staff costs, including on-site visits

Optimize storage using available remote and central storage and network resources

A solution for now and the future

Expand a single, smaller surveillance system to span multiple geographical locations as needs increase and use Milestone Interconnect to coordinate surveillance and centralize management efforts across those sites

Unrestricted number of remote sites can be interconnected to one central XProtect Corporate system

Unrestriced number of federated sites can be connected to one central XProtect Corporate system

Video storage

Video can be stored in a remote or central system with a combination of manual, event-driven or scheduled upload

Storage is onlyavailable in the remote system with no transfer of video

Network requirements

Tolerant against intermittent network connections. Video can be uploaded when the network is available with the option to throttle the used bandwidth1

Requires stable network connections between federated sites2

IT dependencies / User management

Authentication of users in a remote system can be completed using basic user authentication in the XProtect VMS, Windows users or Active Directory users, where domain trust between the central system and interconnected remote sites is not a prerequisite

Requires definition of users in a common Active Directory domain, or domain trust, between the central and federated sites

Management

Management of remote sites via integrated remote desktop connection

Central management via the site navigation in the XProtect federated sites' Management Client

Map and Alarm management

Maps and alarms are defined in the central system

Maps and alarms are defined in each federated site and added to a unified experience in XProtect Smart Client

Bookmarking

Bookmarks can be added centrally on all interconnected cameras regardless of the type of interconnected system

Bookmarks can be added centrally on all federated cameras, where the bookmarks are stored in the federated system

Licensing

Each camera in an interconnected system and available in the central XProtect Corporate system requires a Milestone Interconnect device license

Milestone Federated Architecture can be used freely and is not subject to additional licensing beyond the regular licensing of the VMS

Where:1. Adequate network bandwidth must be available for live viewing of interconnected cameras and for playback when playing back video stored in the remote system2. Adequate network bandwidth must be available for live viewing and play back of federated cameras